hectored 1 of 2

past tense of hector

hectored

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of hectored
Adjective
Jason Sudeikis, Robert Smigel, and George Wendt hectored Kelce to (1) make Taylor pony up for a new stadium and (2) propose already. Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hectored
Verb
  • For anyone who loves cooking or has long been intimidated by it, Typhur has designed a future where every meal can be mastered, and every cook can have the power of precision in their hands.
    Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Riki felt intimidated at the mere mention of a neighborhood like Ebisu, and her friend showed up that day looking especially elegant, her hair dyed a stylish reddish-brown, dazzling everyone around her.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Friends of mine received unwanted explicit snaps from male peers, some were contacted by complete strangers, and many were bullied on the platform.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
  • His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal.
    Fred Clasen-Kelly, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Not to the extent that the user is necessarily being browbeaten.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Family pets, especially dogs, are frightened by the noise and will hide or try to run away.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In the first Nobody, Odenkirk’s Hutch has to reignite the sleeping assassin within himself after his family was frightened by a botched home invasion.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The series was originally based on a novel by Margaret Atwood and followed June's life in a dystopian world called Gilead following a Second American Civil War, where women are oppressed and only used in society for their fertility.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Even the long oppressed Russian people would cheer.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Pour ice and all into a big mug or glass, top with crushed ice, and garnish with a mint sprig and/or lime wedge or wheel.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Although the crushed velvet exteriors are the most eye-catching details of the shoes, there’s more to them than what meets the eye.
    Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Beneath Grisham’s pen, Dot Black was a blue-collar chain-smoker meant to stand in for all downtrodden Southern whites.
    Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Those ticket sales would be a huge boon to movie theater owners after the all-important summer stretch ended on a downtrodden note.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Hectored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hectored. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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